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Sourdough Dinner Rolls

November 20, 20243 min read

Sourdough Dinner Rolls

“These rolls were just the recipe I was looking for! Super soft and nice and tangy. Perfect for a holiday dinner.”


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These rolls will be great for any dinner party, but I usually think of making rolls for the holidays. I'm so glad I found this recipe. I had tried several before, but they weren't the soft texture of mom's rolls that I had growing up. Now I can have Mom's rolls with all natural wild yeast.

Sourdough Living, sourdough dinner rolls

Prep Time: 20 min

Cook Time: 27 min

Servings: 15 rolls

Ingredients

For the Rolls:

  • 310 g (1 1/4 cup) milk

  • 57 g (1/4 cup) butter, softened

  • 1 large egg (50 grams)

  • 100 g (1/2 cup) sugar

  • 5 g (1 teaspoon) salt

  • 200 g (scant 1 cup) bubbly sourdough starter

  • 575 g (4 cups) bread flour

For the Egg Wash:

  • 1 egg

  • 1 Tbsp water

After Baking Top With:

  • 1 Tbsp melted butter

  • Flaky sea salt

Preparation Steps

1. Mix together all the ingredients in a stand mixer with a dough hook.

2. Knead the dough on medium speed for 15-20 minutes until the dough is pulling away from the sides of the bowl. The dough will seem sticky at first but as it kneads it will come together. If it is still sticky add a little extra flour.

3. Let the dough rest for 10 minutes. Perform the windowpane test by pulling a section of the dough thin enough to see light through without it tearing. If it doesn’t pass, continue to knead for another 5 minutes.

4. Place the dough onto a lightly floured counter and form the dough into a ball.

5. Place into a bowl covered and keep the dough at 80º F. At this temperature, the dough will take about 5-6 hours to double in size. Alternatively, if you would rather have the rolls rise overnight leave them in the mid 70's for 8-10 hours to rise.

6. Punch down the dough and place it on the counter. Divide the dough ball into 15 even balls (roughly 85 grams each).

7. Place the rolls in a greased 9x13 pan. Let the dough balls rise at 80º F for 2-3 hours until puffy and risen. To determine if they are ready perform the poke test by lightly flouring a spot on one of the rolls and poking the dough with your finger. If the dough springs back immediately it needs more time, if the dough doesn’t spring back at all they are starting to go over and needs to be baked immediately, and if they slowly spring back they are just right.

8. Preheat the oven to 350º F. Brush the tops of the rolls with an egg wash to get golden brown rolls. Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and rolls have an internal temperature of 190º F.

9. Remove from the oven and brush with 1 Tablespoon melted butter. Sprinkle the tops with flaky sea salt.

NOTE
These Sourdough Dinner Rolls are super soft, fluffy, and full of buttery flavor. They can be made in one day, making them a quick and easy sourdough recipe! Made with just 7 simple ingredients these rolls are sure to become your new go-to dinner roll.

Original recipe from countryroadssourdough.com


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Nancy Busch

Nancy was gifted a sourdough starter for Christmas one year and was immediately hooked. She loves trying new recipes, new techniques, and experimenting with flavors and scoring.

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